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Although they're best known today for their lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues started out as one of the better R&B-based combos of the British Invasion. The group's history began in Birmingham, England with Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals) and Mike Pinder (keyboards, vocals), who had played together in El Riot & the Rebels and the Krew Cats. They began recruiting members of some of the best rival groups working in Birmingham, including Denny Laine (vocals, guitar), Graeme Edge (drums), and Clint Warwick (bass, vocals). the Moody Blues, as they came to be known, made their debut in Birmingham in May of 1964, and quickly earned the notice and later the services of manager Tony Secunda. A major tour was quickly booked, and the band landed an engagement at the Marquee Club, which resulted in a contract with England's Decca Records less than six months after their formation. The group's first single, "Steal Your Heart Away," released in September of 1964, didn't touch the British charts. But their second single, "Go Now," released in November of 1964 -- a cover of a nearly identical American single by R&B singer Bessie Banks, heavily featuring Laine's mournful lead vocal -- fulfilled every expectation and more, reaching number one in England and earning them a berth in some of the nation's top performing venues (including the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert, appearing with some of the top acts of the period); its number ten chart placement in America also earned them a place as a support act for the Beatles on one tour, and the release of a follow-up LP (Magnificent Moodies in England, Go Now in America) on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tracks List

Disc 1 99.80% CDDA

01.Fly Me High
02.Love And Beauty
03.Cities
04.Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
05.Nights In White Satin
06.Ride My See-Saw
07.Legend Of A Mind
08.House Of Four Doors
09.Voices In The Sky
10.The Best Way To Travel
11.The Actor
12.In The Beginning
13.Lovely To See You
14.Dear Diary
15.Never Comes The Day
16.Are You Sitting Comfortably
17.The Dream
18.Have You Heard, Part 1
19.The Voyage
20.Have You Heard, Part 2

Disc 2 99.90% CDDA

01.Higher And Higher
02.Gypsy (Of A Strange And Distant Time)
03.Eyes Of A Child
04.Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Hundred
05.Beyond
06.Out And In
07.Candle Of Life
08.Never Thought I'd Live To Be A Million
09.Watching And Waiting
10.Question
11.Don't You Feel Small
12.It's Up To You
13.Minstrel's Song
14.Dawning Is The Day
15.Melancholy Man
16.Procession
17.The Story In Your Eyes
18.One More Time To Live
19.You Can Never Go Home
20.My Song

Disc 3 99.88% CDDA

01.Lost In A Lost World
02.New Horizons
03.For My Lady
04.Isn't Life Strange
05.You And Me
06.I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
07.This Morning
08.Remember Me, My Friend
09.My Brother
10.Saved By The Music
11.I Dreamed Last Night
12.When You Wake Up
13.Blue Guitar
14.Steppin' In A Slide Zone
15.Driftwood
16.The Day We Meet Again

Disc 4 99.73% CDDA

01.Forever Autumn
02.The Voice
03.Talking Out Of Turn
04.Gemini Dream
05.Blue World
06.Sitting At The Wheel
07.Running Water
08.Your Wildest Dreams
09.The Other Side Of Life
10.I Know You're Out There Somewhere
11.No More Lies
12.Say It With Love
13.Bless The Wings (That Bring You Back)
14.Lean On Me (Tonight)
15.Highway

Disc 5 99.89% CDDA

01.This Is The Moment
02.The Story In Your Eyes (Live)
03.Voices In The Sky (Live)
04.New Horizons (Live)
05.Emily's Song (Live)
06.Bless The Wings (That Bring You Back) (Live)
07.Say It With Love (Live)
08.Legend Of A Mind (Live)
09.Gemini Dream (Live)